Syllabus: Global Poverty and Inequality
December 3Stephen Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison There has recently been a surge in optimism that the first half of the twenty-first century will...
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Journal Article: Making Ends Meet: Youth Enterprise at the Intersections
December 3Stephen Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Craig Jeffrey, University of Oxford Much of the scholarship associated with the “urban...
Journal Article: Gender, Mobility and the Financialization of Development
December 3Stephen Young, University of Wisconsin, Madison This paper questions popular claims about the capacity of microfinance to reduce poverty and...
Journal Article: Governing the Homeless in an Age of Compassion
December 3Tony Sparks, San Francisco State University In 2001, President Bush announced his intention to “end chronic homeless by the year 2012” as...
Syllabus: Social Justice & The City
December 3Rebecca Burnett, University of Washington Who are cities for? This is a more complex question that is initially apparent. At various times...
Syllabus: Women & The City
December 3Rebecca Burnett, University of Washington How are gender identities linked to discourses about the city? How do gender identities and...
Syllabus: Geography of Gender, Race & Labor
December 3Rebecca Burnett, University of Washington The purpose of this course is for students to think critically about the intersections between...
Addressing poverty through place: place politics in the inner city
December 1Katherine B. Hankins, Georgia State University Katherine Hankins is an Associate Professor of Geography at Georgia State University in downtown...
Global Capitalism: A Love Story, an Enigma, a Tragedy
December 1Jim Glassman, University of British Columbia Global poverty and income inequality studies have received variable attention since the Second World...